Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.
Increasing Demand for Our Fruits and
Wines-A Hopeful Future,

[coppight, 1887, by 6te California associated IressI
New YORK, August 12th.-[Special. l.
While California fruits have heretofore
been considerable of curiosity in most
quarters in the East, they are now becom-
ing common on the fruit stands in this and
New England cities also. The indications
appear equally favorable for the extension
of the Eastern markets for California
wines, under proper conditions. The
break in overland freight rates last year is
said here to have had an excellent effect in
breaking up, to large extent, bogus wine
manufacturing in the East. Pure Cali
fornia wines were then laid down cheap
enough in New York to make bogus wine
making much less profitable than it had
been. New York stocks of California
wine held before the break in freight rates
were necessarily sold at a loss, but this was
more than made up by the extension of
the market which cheap freight rates as
sisted very largely.
Since freights have gone back to twelve
cents per gallon, or about that, for wine,
competition with French and German
wines is of necessity again made more diff
cult, for foreign wines reach this port at the
rate of from two to five cents per gallon
Increased freight rates also act to encourage
the resumption fthe manufacture of bogus
wine, but at present it is reported on good
authority that the manufacture of this class
of spurious goods in the East is much less
in amount and Importance. as a competitive
fact in opposition to California pure
wine than it was two years ago.
In the meantime, also, California
wines has been largely introduced in new
quarters. and the certainty of its purity
will tend not only to keep up the market,
but to also largely extend it. According to
the most intelligent advices available in
this city, several facts indicate this. Among
these, it is stated that leading New York
hotels-among them the Fifth Avenue
constantly keep California wines of various
kinds on their bills of fare. 1t is also
stated that on the fast limited trains be-
tween Chicago and the Atlantic coast Cali
fornia clarets, white wines and champagnes
are constantly on the menu.
A significant indication of confidence in
the future of California wines is also found
in the great cellar recently established by
kohler & Frohling, at Al and 45 Broadway.
1t is the finest wine cellar in the city, with
a capacity for 100000 gallons This is
equipped in first-class shape throughout.
ment made to your correspondent
at Park e. Tilford's Agency for
A. Marazthy to-day. 1t was there reported
that this Agency is finding a new
| demand for California wines other than
champagnes, the latter also being in fair de-
| mand. The must-condensing process is
| not approved here, so far as its possible ap-
plication to American markets is con-
cerned, for the reason that it would be open
| to suspicion but it is thought that means
to export the surplus product to France,
| where the supply of grapes is short, and to
| England, where the must would enter
duty-free. This is based on the general
proposition that the annual increase in
| the wine consumption of this country will
be something like three million gallons.
while the increase in annual production
may be estimated at ten million gallons.
If the vineyards continue to extend large
storage capacity, such as has been provided
by kohler & Frohling, will be found neces-
sary for the best presentation of California
wines, which necessarily arrive muddy
after their long journey, and need rest
The bonded warehoure established on
Water street in this city about six weeks
ago, for the storage of California brandies
in bond, is expected here to play an i'm
portant part in extending the market for
that class of California product. The
liquor can be kept here, and dealers will
have chance TO purchase it by sample
while in bond. The dealers would
be less likely to purchase brandy in bond
$500 miles from this market than under
present conditions. Indications of the
growth of appreciation of the importance
of California's resources abound on every
hand, and also appreciation of her products.